HKJC
Keep Moving was sent out a 2.1 favourite for the sixth at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, the Class 3 Nakayama Handicap (1000m), on the back of a narrow course and distance victory fresh in October. Beginning sharply, the four-year-old was on the speed throughout, holding off the late charge of John Size’s Money Boy to win by a neck.
“He’s a nice horse, this, but he’s so naturally fast that I didn’t want to pull him in behind,” jockey Neil Callan said.
“He was travelling so strongly on the bridle that I just let him do everything on his own, even when he was challenged on the turn. When I got into the straight, I tried to hold onto him as long as possible as I thought the swoopers would be coming and for him to hold on, it was an incredible effort.
“The last 50m or so, I thought he was looking around a little bit more than normal so I think, when he has a race where he has something to run at, he’ll be even better. I think he’s got more improvement in him yet.” -HKJC